JERUSALEM (OCTOBER 24, 2017) (REUTERS) – Strapped for cash in a Tokyo hotel, Albert Einstein wrote a few words of wisdom about life on a hotel notepad and handed it to the bellboy instead of a tip. The physicist’s formula for happy living fetched $1.3 million on Tuesday (October 24), a Jerusalem auction house said. Continue reading
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Reports of National Guard immigrant roundup “despicable”: Schumer
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says reports that the Trump White House is considering mobilizing National Guard troops to round up illegal immigrants is “despicable.” Continue reading
Netanyahu tried to negotiate a good press in return for benefits-media
Israeli media says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to negotiate a deal for better coverage with Israel’s leading newspaper.
U.S. Senators call for panel to investigate Russian hacking
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer of New York calls for the creation of a bipartisan investigative panel that would investigate U.S. government allegations that Russia and other foreign countries tried to hack the U.S. elections.
Black Lives Matter protesters shut down Bernie Sanders event in Seattle
Bernie Sanders is forced to leave the stage after a handful of Black Lives Matter protesters disrupt his rally.
Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman runs alone in 2015 polls
Israel’s foreign minister, Moldovan-born Lieberman, 56, heads the ultranationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party, which ran jointly with Likud in the 2013 election.
Netanyahu arrives in U.S. for Iran speech to Congress
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington ahead of controversial Iran speech to Congress.
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Israel’s Netanyahu flies to U.S. ahead of Congress address
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departs Tel Aviv bound for the United States, where he is scheduled to address Congress two weeks before an Israeli election and says he will do everything is his power to “ensure the future” of the Jewish people.
Leaked files on Iran baseless – Israeli intelligence analyst
Israeli analyst dismisses media reports that leaked files throw doubt on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s claim in 2012 that Iran was about a year away from making a nuclear bomb.
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More than 1,000 Muslims form human shield around Oslo synagogue
Norwegian Muslims form a human shield around a synagogue in Oslo, offering symbolic protection after an attack on a synagogue in neighbouring Denmark.